Manchin not endorsing Harris after she backed ending filibuster to codify abortion rights
Manchin not endorsing Harris after she backed ending filibuster to codify abortion rights
"She knows the filibuster is the Holy Grail of democracy. It’s the only thing that keeps us talking and working together. If she gets rid of that, then this would be the House on steroids," he says
That is an endorsement in of itself.
192 0 Replyhe is a DINO
34 1 ReplyNot even. He officially left the Dems and registered as independent earlier this year.
78 0 ReplyAn independent now. Not even a DINO.
10 0 ReplyMore like a Dixiecrat. Old school southern Democrat.
6 0 ReplyHonestly, I’ll take it.
Dude could be a Home Depot Halloween skeleton for all I care. He caucuses with the Dems, which means that he helps push the Dems over 50% in the senate, which means the Dems control political appointments and what get brought to the floor.
I’ll take him over Mitch McConnell back in power.
5 0 ReplyRemember RINO was a term before the party switch. It was used for people deemed not progressive enough.
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The fact that Biden called for this exact same thing and Manchin was ok endorsing him but has to make a big scene when a non-white woman calls for doing the same thing basically tells you everything you need to know about Manchin
87 1 ReplyThis pearl clutching very much reads to me like he was looking for an excuse and this was the first one that turned up.
3 0 ReplyI think there are more differences between Kamala and Joe besides melanin levels and genitalia structure but okay I guess
Edit: Oh, I guess Kamala really is Biden in an Indian-African-American woman's body after all, nvm
13 54 ReplyAccording to Ron Desantis, you can't discuss genitals. His Wehrmacht is en route to your location now.
16 1 ReplyYeah, Joe has dementia.
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Why not just make the filibuster what it used to be and require the people who want to wield it to hold the floor for hours upon hours with no break? Some of it was silly. Some of it heroic. Either way, it required someone to truly be willing to stand behind their beliefs and, thus, was used much less often.
40 0 ReplyI also liked the idea of a minority vote (2/5) to sustain a filibuster. If you don't have 40 supporters, on the floor, then the filibuster ends.
13 0 Replyit required someone to truly be willing to stand behind their beliefs
Conservatives don't typically have these, and the ones that do know how unpopular they are. That's why they fight against any attempt to reign it in.
11 0 ReplyThis seems like such a fair way to add some discomfort to filibustering and making it a bit less appealing.
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Oh no! Anyways…
39 2 ReplyCan someone kick this guy in the nuts? I don't really care about this news, I just think that should happen to him, every day.
30 1 ReplyRepublicans can endorse Harris all day long and I'm here for it.
Manchin endorsing Harris would have actually done her a disservice.
30 1 ReplyManchin was not going to endorse her anyway.
It's 42 days to the election, people are voting, if he was going to endorse her it would have been at the convention.
24 0 ReplyTrue
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Oh wow, the republican infiltrator isnt supporting the democrats.
I'm sooooooooo surprised.
24 0 ReplyI'd seen the quote, but not the withholding of endorsement. Well, I guess he's going to join the 'both sides bad' crowd.
Still. What does his opinion matter? He's leaving the Senate next year so his proper alt-Right replacement can take over...
23 1 ReplyIt's going to be a Democrat. 18 year olds who are voting for the first time are going to hand Harris a super majority.
5 3 ReplyLol
17 2 ReplyThe very popular republican governor is running for his seat. Its gone at this point.
9 2 Reply18 year olds in WV aren't voting dem, as they're the ones that couldn't get into college and are stuck in WV.
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21 0 ReplyManchin LOL. What a piece of work.
16 0 ReplyHe’s a fucking tool; I don’t expect she’ll care much. Also: what an absolutely fucking idiotic hill for him to die on.
13 0 ReplyLike I give a flying fuck what Joe Manchin's DINO ass thinks
12 0 Reply@realcaseyrollins he's gunna endorse trump and could end up sec of energy
10 0 ReplyOh boy...that would be something...
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"It’s the only thing that keeps us talking
andinstead of working together."8 0 ReplyManchin not endorsing IS an endorsement. Harris should run commercials.
9 1 Replyfuck that guy... fuck him with a retractable baton
9 2 ReplyAt LEAST twice. Possibly 47 times.
5 0 ReplyIn a row?!
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Who cares about this dinosaur, like anyone is surprised?
7 0 ReplyHe's going to try and run for governor in West Virginia, then run for President in 2028, without a doubt.
3 0 ReplyThen shouldn't he back Harris so that there are still elections in 2028?
7 1 Replythen run for President in 2028
As a.....democrat?
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Holy Grail? An item given no special meaning in the Bible, and was blown out of proportion in importance by fiction writers a thousand years later? I guess Manchin doesn't really think the filibuster is too important then.
6 0 ReplyNo special meaning and not in the Constitution.
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Fuck Joe "This is the best we can hope for" Manchin.
And fuck the system that makes him the best we can hope for.
West Virginia used to be cool.
6 1 ReplyThe last time WV was cool was the 1300s
6 4 ReplyThe Buck Garden people did make some pretty fly pottery
4 0 ReplyIdk, seeing as it was created by separating from Virginia as to not be in the Confederacy in 1863 - that seems pretty cool to me
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He likes his power
6 2 ReplyThis guy sucks.
4 0 ReplyForced Birther coal baron Joe Manchin is upset at Harris for threatening his cash cow fillibuster. News at 11
4 0 Reply"I'm Kamala Harris, and I approve this message!"
4 0 ReplyWho gives a single fuck what Joe "I'm really a Republican" Manchin says?
3 0 ReplyOh no! Not getting Manchin's endorsement will really be a albatross for Harris in the West Virginia race where Trump won 68% to 29% in 2020.
2 0 ReplyDoes this make Manchin a Tankie?
3 2 ReplyWho could have seen that coming?
Oh literally everyone nvm
1 1 ReplyWhatever he needs to do to get elected to avoid Republican control of the Senate. Yeah it'll suck if he is one of the saviors of the filibuster. But it'll suck more if Republicans are in charge of the Senate.
4 5 ReplyHe's not running for reelection, the Rs are getting that Senate seat this year
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